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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Shoes

Shoes

Andrews, Russell
Onyenobi, Victor

Hardcover

Young Adult Nonfiction

ISBN13: 9798218306359
Publisher: Stagewalkers Productions
Published: Nov 1 2023
Pages: 64
Weight: 0.64
Height: 0.31 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Then she looked down at my hands and saw the shoes. Junior, what are those? she said. Honey, I told you that we would have to wait. Wait a minute Mama, I told her. That man said I could have them. Mama looked around, Man? What man? I turned and pointed to where he was, but he was gone.

On a spring day in 1986, I was browsing in a thrift store located in southeast Houston. Having survived several economic shifts in the community, it was a brick structure with large windows that once housed a White's Auto Parts in a yet to be gentrified area of the city. It was here that I became captivated by this family. It was here that I met yet never spoke to Junior.

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